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Randall cited two megalodon teeth in his work, specimen number 10356 at the American Museum of Natural History and specimen number 25730 at the United States National Museum, which had enamel heights of 115 mm and 117.5 mm respectively.
For molecular work, specimens were fixed in 96 99% ethanol.
Mr. Fussell, who had a notable success last season in New York when the New Amsterdam Singers gave the premiere of his "Specimen Days," a work for chorus and orchestra on texts of Whitman, said that in setting Mr. Larson's version of the story, he steered clear of anything that would remind listeners of Stravinsky's music.
Partly that's a function of how most microscopes work: a specimen must be placed on a thin glass slide so that it can be illuminated from above or below.
The peepholelike presentation of the piece, which is mounted on a pedestal in a tall glass vitrine, might seem more appropriate for a display of insect specimens than a work of contemporary art.
A later specimen of such a work is to be found in the Daoist Canon.
Outlined in his unpublished "Confession" of 1709, Collier's metaphysics is interpreted theologically in his works A Specimen of True Philosophy (1730) and Logology (1732).
Latent heat remains stored in the microstructure of cold worked specimens after quenching.
These samples were obtained from specimens deposited in different biological collections as part of previous works, specimens found dead in the field in public areas, and specimens specifically captured for this work.
All authors conducted a portion of the field work and specimen sorting, wrote sections of the draft manuscript, and approved the final manuscript.
